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Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

Nah, mate, the Snakes booted out the Porcupine? Nope, they were the ones that got booted! What made them go?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Snakes, ones · What happens: boot out, be, get, boot, make, go · To what, where: mate, ones, Snakes

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Nah, mate, the Snakes booted out the Porcupine?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 mate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 booted	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Snakes	det
6	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 booted	nsubj
7	booted	boot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 booted	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Porcupine	det
10	Porcupine	Porcupine	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 booted	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 booted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boot out	participle · passive		mate					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination porcupine=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Nope, they were the ones that got booted!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 ones	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ones	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ones	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ones	det
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ones	acl:relcl
9	booted	boot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 got	xcomp
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 ones	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Snakes = snake	the ones					tree rules
2	get	past	the ones						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	boot	participle	the ones not said here						vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What made them go?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		Snakes = snake					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	Snakes = snake not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

he pricked the Snakes' tails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pricked	nsubj
2	pricked	prick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Snakes	det
4	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tails	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 Snakes	case
6	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pricked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prick	past	he	the Snakes's tails					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tail=Patient

Option 2

they could not stand his spines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stand	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 stand	advmod
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 spines	nmod:poss
6	spines	spine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stand	could	they	his spines					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spine=Stimulus

Option 3

the Snakes were angry about his loud singing that kept them awake all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Snakes	det
2	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 angry	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 singing	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 singing	nmod:poss
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 singing	amod
8	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 singing	acl:relcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	obj
12	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kept	xcomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Snakes					about his loud singing; angry property	tree rules
2	keep	past	his loud singing	Snakes = snake			night	awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	sing		his = he						nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

his quills kept pricking them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 quills	nmod:poss
2	quills	quill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pricking	prick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pricking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	his quills						tree rules
2	prick	gerund	his quills not said here	quills = quill					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

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